Marion Abramson High School

For the charter school, see Abramson Science and Technology Charter School.

Marion Abramson Senior High was a high school in the New Orleans East area of New Orleans, United States.[1][2] The former Abramson campus is adjacent to Greater St. Stephen Baptist Church.[3] The school was operated by New Orleans Public Schools.

It was named after Marion Pfeifer Abramson (August 29, 1905 – November 30, 1965), the creator of the educational television station WYES-TV.[4]

  1. ^ Capochino, April. "Parents: Eastern New Orleans schools overlooked in recovery efforts." New Orleans CityBusiness. June 19, 2006. News. Retrieved on March 17, 2013. Available at LexisNexis. "They visited Marion Abramson Senior High in eastern New Orleans, Benjamin Banneker Elementary School Uptown and Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary School in[...]"
  2. ^ "Where Are [t]hey Now - Terrence Jones Jones Makes Mark As Tulane QB." CBS College Sports. November 2, 2004. Retrieved on March 17, 2013. "As he stands at the blackboard of his freshman English class at Marion Abramson Senior High School in New Orleans East, all eyes are on first-year teacher Terrence Jones as he explains how to diagram sentences, interpret poetry and understand classic literature."
  3. ^ "RSD TO HOST MEETINGS FOR PARENTS OF ABRAMSON SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY CHARTER SCHOOL STUDENTS." (Archive) Louisiana Department of Education. July 18, 2011. Retrieved on March 17, 2013.
  4. ^ Thackeray, William Makepeace. "Who was Marion Abramson and why was there a high school named after her?" (Archive) Gambit Weekly. December 4, 2007. Retrieved on March 17, 2013.